My son was asking my yesterday if I can set up a Bitcoin wallet for him. I'd love to get him on lightning but he is too young to have a cell phone. Any ideas on how to set up something physical he can hold and be able to view balances? My thoughts initially was some sort of reloadable satscard with an NFC terminal for him to check balances?
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My daughter has wos on the family ipad. Not sure of thats a good option
Hrmmm I'll see if there's any way to sideload it. He has a tablet but it's an Amazon fire tablet. That would definitely be the easiest choice if it works.
Very easy to sideload Android apps on those.
Yeah, I'll look into it. I was able to sideload some apps for him in the past. Will have to find the app for wos or something maybe.
How old is he?
Could give him a tablet and setup a lightning wallet on there.
If you don't want him to use it for other stuff you can "keep it safe" for him but let him stack sats on it and check the wallet etc.
He just turned 6. He has a tablet but it's one of those Amazon fire tablets so I don't know if I'm going to be able to load any lightning wallets on it.
Ideally I want to set him up with something that's kinda single function. So not on a tablet or phone or computer if I can help it. Tryung to avoid the situation where he makes an excuse that he is checking his balance and then 30 minutes later he's on minecraft yet again lol.
https://shop.lnbits.com/product/gerty-a-bitcoin-assistant
Could this be a kid friendly option? Haven't played with it too much, but I believe it can watch an LNbits wallet balance, monitor prices, and give Satoshi Quotes. Seems like a possibility.
There's no hardware wallets for lightning yet afaik. I'm sure there'll be one soon. But in the meantime it's easy to sideload on those.
When my son didn't have a smart phone he got some bitcoin on a wallet on his desktop. I know Exodus has a software wallet for the desktop. The nice thing is that it can also be accessed from a smart phone when he eventually gets one. There are others.
